96 ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN EASTERN EUROPE, ISSUE NO. 2(3)/2019 COUNTERACTION TO MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE IN UKRAINE Mykhaylo Shepitko Dr. Sc. (Law), Assoc. Prof. of Criminal Law Department, Yaroslav the Wise National Law University (Kharkiv, Ukraine) https://doi.org/10.33327/AJEE-18-2.3-a000015 Summary: 1. Introduction. – 2. Criminal Law Measures of Counteraction to Miscarriage of Justice. – 3. Criminal Procedure Measures of Counteraction to Miscarriage of Justice. – 4. Criminalistic Measures of Counteraction to Miscarriage of Justice. – 5. Conclusion Investigation of crimes against justice in Ukraine is among topical problems of miscarriage of justice. Hundreds of criminal cases are recorded as a crime in the Ofcial Register in Ukraine but only a few have been brought to the court. In this article we try to approach this problem in three ways: from the point of view of criminal law, criminal procedure and criminalistic measures of counteraction to miscarriage of justice. Such an approach helps to demonstrate problems of investigator, prosecutor and judge at diferent stages of criminal proceeding. Special attention is paid to specifc regulation of the issues of criminal proceedings against a certain category of persons, including judges. Mistakes of representatives of law enforcement bodies become visible as a result of analyzing of real criminal cases. Such an analysis is aimed to disclose the problem of counteraction to miscarriage of justice in Ukraine. Key words: Counteraction, Measures, Miscarriage of Justice, Infuence of Justice, Crime Against Justice, Illegal Verdict, Judge, Fair Trial, Court. 1. INTRODUCTION A deliberately unjust verdict, judgment, order or ruling of a judge (or judges) in Ukraine according to Article 375 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is punished by custodial restraint for up to fve years, or imprisonment for a term of two to fve years. It could be named as ‘a medium-gravity’ crime against justice. Aggravating circumstances such as causing serious consequences, a lucrative impulse or other personal interests of a judge (judges) can turn this crime into a serious one. Judge, who committed it, is punished by imprisonment of fve to eight years. LEGAL PRACTICE